Bridge to be renamed for state trooper

When the state finishes rebuilding the collapsed portion of Skagit River bridge on I-5, it will be named for trooper Sean O’Connell who was killed in May while working on a detour route during the span’s closure.

It will be called the “Trooper Sean M. O’Connell, Jr. Memorial Bridge” under a resolution unanimously passed today by the Washington State Transportation Commission. The Department of Transportation will install signs once the temporary portion of the bridge is permanently fixed this fall.